History of World Literature World Literature started as early as years before Christ’s death. The earliest forms of world literature were oral and passed on by word of mouth. As time passed‚ forms of writing were developed and were pictographic. Writing was not invented for writing down literature but it was invented for more administrative and political purposes. The first literary work was a heroic narrative named Gilgamesh. This work nearly vanished from history when it was not translated
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for World Literature Assignment #2 Following is a list of possible topics for your paper; you are not limited to these‚ but please get approval of a different or variant topic. Assignment 2 A: Comparative Study This assignment consists of a comparative study based on one world literature work studied in Part 1‚ Part 3 or Part 4 of the course‚ and one language A1 work chosen from any part of the course. Unlike assignment 1‚ this assignment MUST NOT BE BASED ON TWO WL works. The world literature
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Lit. 103 World Literatures Preliminary Examination Reviewer ------------------------------------------------- Indian-Chinese-Japanese Indian Literature Aryan race- invaded India from North West * Brahmanism‚ Hinduism‚ and Jainism were their religions Gautama Buddha- made many changes in the old religion; his teachings later became the basis for one of the five major religions Sanskrit- oldest extant Aryan language‚ used in most Ancient Indian literature 2 Periods of Indian Literature
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the educated classes‚ as well as an Anglo-Norman literature.Middle English literature emerged with Geoffrey Chaucer‚ author of The Canterbury Tales‚ along withGower‚ the Pearl Poet and Langland. William of Ockham and Roger Bacon‚ who were Franciscans‚ were major philosophers of the Middle Ages. Julian of Norwich‚ who wrote Revelations of Divine Love‚ was a prominent Christian mystic. With the English Renaissance literature in the Early Modern English style appeared. William Shakespeare‚ whose works
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Antigone– The Characterization Sophocles’ tragic drama‚ Antigone‚ presents to the reader a full range of characters: static and dynamic‚ flat and round; they are portrayed mostly through the showing technique. In “Sophocles’ Praise of Man and the Conflicts of the Antigone‚” Charles Paul Segal takes the stand that there are two protagonists in the drama (which conflicts with this reader’s interpretation): This is not to say that there are not conceptual issues
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Discovers his fate from his actions * Usually a leader of men-ex: King * Their fate affects the nation or a large number of people * Their suffering is not senseless * Most tragic hero’s are men‚ with a could examples of Antigone and Cleopatra * Athenian Tragedy * Oldest tragedy existing * Emerged during 6th century BC * Reached its peak as dramatic form in the 5th century * When &Where * Open air theatres * Could usually hold
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Antigone by Sophocles is an interesting play that I enjoyed reading. It was something different for me since I don’t ever read plays. After reading the play I thought this story would fit under a feminist approach‚ until I fully began to understand and analyze each character of the play. In this paper I will discuss how the major events of Antigone can be analyzed through the psychological approach point of view. I as well read each critic about Antigone and found some similarity and dissimilarity
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11/5/13 English 111 Antigone Paper Antigone: Individual vs. State The conflict between individual conscious and state law is something mankind has endured since the beginning of history. There have been many individuals that have stood by their beliefs and conscious against government law despite the repercussions. This conflict is one of the main struggles in Antigone‚ the Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. At the center of this tragedy is the battle between an individual’s moral duty and
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Section I: Essay Questions: A.1) Prompt: How are Antigone‚ Ismene and Eurydice portrayed in the play? How is this similar or different from how they are observed by the minor characters? Although ancient Greece was a male-dominate society‚ Sophocles’ work Antigone‚ portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. In this tragedy‚ Sophocles uses three main characters who are women to represent different models of female behavior. Traditionally women are characterized as weak
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In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two sisters‚ Ismene and Antigone‚ have two different views on what it means to be human. Ismene understand “being human” or “life” in a biological sense. She believes in continuing‚ by being a female‚ in continuing the family bloodline. Antigone however‚ understands “being human” in a sense of family honor and reputation. Both are important‚ but neither is right nor wrong. Creon‚ the ruler‚ has his own views on how to rule the city. He believes that he is in charge and
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